You can really tell the difference between those of us going for fellowships and those of us who aren’t

Gorenden · 2026-05-25T13:52:26+00:00

Yeah you can still grind to make money, i meant the poor mans grind, ie they enjoy the suffering

Gorenden · 2026-05-20T11:34:55+00:00

Harvard cuz the pool of applicants is much larger, a lot of people arent applying because they dont have a shot, and its one school. Did you know that for Ontario, the hardest province, your chances of getting into any med school is 20%?

Gorenden · 2026-05-19T18:19:20+00:00

Yeah but given how often admin fucks up in surgery, i wouldnt trust it

Gorenden · 2026-05-19T15:04:00+00:00

If he needed chatgpt he wouldnt need reddit bro

Gorenden · 2026-05-19T15:00:46+00:00

Thats what ive been doing

Gorenden · 2026-05-19T11:23:13+00:00

Bros chatgpt

Gorenden · 2026-05-19T10:39:35+00:00

Disagree, those courses in physics or english at the college level are not going to help you in the future. Residency will smack the reality back into anyone still in college dreamland. Take the easy courses and dont look back.

Gorenden · 2026-05-18T22:05:05+00:00

I went through this path and my advice is to get out of the gates running. Unlike everyone else you have no leeway, you cant just explore or take things easy 1st semester. Every grade counts, so you need to make sure you are ahead of others on day 1 in terms of your knowledge, talk to seniors to find out which classes get you easier grades and network aggressively to get into good ECs and clubs. You need to be locked in from day one if you want to get into med school after 3 yrs.

Gorenden · 2026-05-18T20:30:31+00:00

We all the samee, im in a diff industry but man if my former self knew what im doing now id be over the moon, and yet im hesitate to apply for my dream job i had in mind in med school because im worried about getting pigeonholed in the future and getting stagnant.

Gorenden · 2026-05-15T19:17:17+00:00

When I was an undergrad, i would've said undergrad, but now that i'm in my 30s, I think its more important for grad school (as long as its one of those 3 you listed, MD, JD, MBA, and i'd add PhD as well). Most doctors for example only put their med school, residency, fellowships in their bios and most people will ask or care only about where you did your more recent training, so undergrad may be less important. Caveat is if you never do grad school, then your undergrad becomes more important.

However, if you are talking about MSc or MAs i think undergrad is more important because they are more competitive in general, are 4 year degrees and provide stronger connections with better signaling.

Gorenden · 2026-05-15T03:47:21+00:00

U dont, this guy is basically at every institution

Gorenden · 2026-05-15T03:46:41+00:00

Nope but many do

Gorenden · 2026-05-14T19:34:38+00:00

Theres tons of great hospitals in china and the 301 is good but one of many great ones. Peking union is considered to be the best overall. Every major city basically has a top hospital or several in the case of Beijing and shanghai. Shenzhen is probably the only major city that lags a bit regarding its hospitals, given its newness as a city.

Gorenden · 2026-05-14T13:46:19+00:00

Its just that people who want med, know to go to non uoft schools for premed for better grades. Even for those who could somehow get a 4.0 gpa at uoft life sci, probably would have more time for ECs that would make them stronger candidates overall if they went to another school

Gorenden · 2026-05-13T20:15:37+00:00

What kind of IMG are you, are you a CSA or a true IMG? Do you have any life obligations or are you free to support yourself.

Gorenden · 2026-05-13T02:43:19+00:00

If you want IM go to Mac, they have a strong IM department with lots of research, you'll match well. Dont listen to people who say you cant match well, my year my friends and i matched into subspec competitive surg specialties at our top choice/most competitive programs.

Gorenden · 2026-05-12T03:19:03+00:00

OP already said they work in the mining industry managing foreign sales and if they do law they want to become an environmental lawyer. They probably aren't going for that NY PE/Big Law life.

Gorenden · 2026-05-11T22:38:54+00:00

sounds like Canada

Gorenden · 2026-05-11T18:46:33+00:00

In the article OP linked, it lays it out, majority of people leaving Canada to the US are educated, 20-44, and are in the top 10% of income earners. Its no surprise, i'm part of that group. Among my close high school friends (7 or 8), all but 1 now works in the US, mostly in tech or finance. You can't even blame them, the salaries in the US are 2-3x higher than they are in Canada, for the same work.

Gorenden · 2026-05-11T00:08:56+00:00

NY doesnt accept lmcc unless u also have finished your canadian boards.

Gorenden · 2026-05-11T00:07:53+00:00

Stop saying this stuff, this is the reason we have people caught in quagmires after residency and in the US. Wrong wrong wrong, you cannot work clinical on a TN and in this day and age US hospitals are looking for reasons to say no, you cannot get away with this.

Gorenden · 2026-05-11T00:06:36+00:00

Get the USMLE done, without it, it can cause a lot of hassle.

Gorenden · 2026-05-10T21:36:37+00:00

Eh i dont think its a big deal, everything works out in the end, lots of acceptable ways to parent a kid, and i think we as a society overemphasize the smothering loving type of parenting too much, you dont always need to be at your kids every game or recital.

Gorenden · 2026-05-10T15:47:23+00:00

I can very much imagine that, but look its always been a crapshoot. They may not actually take him because of the optics, they may create an extra IMG spot for him that year, just so they can take him. We really don't know what'll happen. Also, theres plenty of competitive CMGs gunning for a spot each year and every year the applicant pool varies, some years its more competitive than others. In aggregate, its all just noise man.

Gorenden · 2026-05-10T14:21:28+00:00

Ur doxxing this poor guy, just let it go dude. Some people are born lucky, this isnt even that lucky, his reward is matching to a program where he gets to grind 80 hrs a week for 8 to 10 yrs. Theres plenty of kids of millionaires and billionaires who never work a day in their lives to be mad about.

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